Our Great Coach on this episode is Fred Vergnoux.

Fred is a swimming coach. He started his career as a coach in France with the club Racing Paris. He then headed over to the USA and took jobs working for people like Greg Troy to gain deeper knowledge if the sport. This would lead to him to eventally being appointed as the Head Coach for the City of Edinbourgh in Scotland in 2004, and then in 2008 the Head Coach of the Great Britain Olympics team. From there he moved to Spain and became the Spanish team head coach in 2010, and in 2022 was appointed the Head Coach of the Belgium swim team.

His athletes’ accomplishments:

• 8 World records
• 11 European records
• 3 Commonwealth records
• 9 South American records
• 6 Olympic medals
• 22 World Championship medals
• 38 European Championship medals

The importance of surprising people in traiing , so that they can see how they are progressing through different activities that shake them out of their routine.

The way he talks about athletes renting space in your head, and why its so important to take breaks and time away to keep yourself fresh and connected to your family.

How the key to success is the relationship between the athlete and the coach.

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